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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 11 Feb 2013

If you thought that Amy Berg's Deliver Us from Evil had extracted every last word on the issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church, Alex…

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By Olly Richards (291) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 11 Feb 2013

It may look like a documentary but Gibney's film is a horror film in every sense. Essential, uncomfortable viewing…

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By Eileen H (43) on 10 Feb 2013

It is heartbreakingly sad how many children have been abused by Catholic priests...and the lack of action by the Vatican should guarantee all…

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By Carlos P (296) on 09 Feb 2013

In MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, Oscar (R)-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the abuse of power in the Catholic Church…

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By Leanne E (142) on 09 Feb 2013

This movie further reminds me of the challenges of separating crimes from its culture: other current affairs that reflect same are obviously…

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By Jim K (182) on 09 Feb 2013

It will break your heart and make you incredibly angry…

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By Greg W (4,011) on 08 Feb 2013

In a way, this movie is a very bittersweet story about prolong sexual abuse in the catholic church and how the victims of these acts where…

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By Clinical S (1) on 07 Feb 2013

Very Educational! I Want To Be The Shit Out Of Those Prist With MY Fist…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 04 Feb 2013

Angry' doesn't even begin to cover how this film makes me feel. It probably won't cover you, either…

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By Hugh J (286) on 05 Jan 2013

Saw this at the Chicago Film Festival..it is great filmmaking, a sad but well told story. These deaf men were so brave…

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By Emily Kirkpatrick (7) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 29 Nov 2012

Even though Mea Maxima Culpa can be incredibly sad and frustrating, the film is able to go beyond the tragedy of these boys' lost childhoods,…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 26 Nov 2012

The past persists, and in Mea Maxima Culpa, it finds powerful expression…

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By Mark B (2,206) on 25 Nov 2012

Brilliant film…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 25 Nov 2012

Deaf victims passionately sign about years of anguish and pleas [but film] rambles…

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By Meredith Slifkin (7) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 16 Nov 2012

Well done and compelling, and at its strongest when focusing on the bravery of these four deaf men who broke the silence…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 16 Nov 2012

Some of the film's flourishes are ill-judged…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 16 Nov 2012

There is something to be said for a clear and unblinking recitation of facts, and thankfully Mr. Gibney does a lot of that…

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By Andrew O'hehir (1,324) for Salon.com (2,725) on 15 Nov 2012

One of the most intriguing tangents in Mea Maxima Culpa involves the Rev…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 15 Nov 2012

The movie revisits the themes (and some of the same characters) of Amy Berg's chilling 2006 chronicle Deliver Us from Evil…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 15 Nov 2012

A shocking and poignant documentary about the Catholic Church's cover-up of sexual abuse and the victims who heroically came forward to break…

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